Adobe 22020737 Acrobat X Pro Manual - Page 471

USING ACROBAT X PRO 465 Preflight You can reuse a check in any profile where it's needed. Keep in mind, however, that if you modify a check that's being used in multiple profiles, the check is modified in every profile that uses it. To avoid making unnecessary modifications, rename the check for a particular profile. Before editing a preflight profile, you must unlock it. 1 In the Preflight dialog box, select a profile, and click the Edit link next to the profile name, or choose Edit Preflight Profiles from the Options menu. 2 Choose Unlocked from the pop-up menu at the upper left. 3 Select Custom Checks from the list of items displayed under the profile name. 4 Work with the panels by doing any of the following: • To quickly find a specific check, type all or part of its name in the search box. Only those items containing the search term are displayed. Removing the name from the search box displays all the checks again. • To add a check to the profile, select the check in the right panel, click the left-facing arrow, and adjust the alert type, if needed, from the pop-up menu at the lower left of the dialog box. The alert type, which is Error by default, specifies what kind of alert the Preflight tool displays if it finds a mismatch. You can add as many checks as needed. • To remove a check from the profile, select it in the left panel, and click the right-facing arrow. • Double-click a check to edit it. More Help topics "About preflight profiles" on page 456 "Lock, unlock, and password-protect profiles" on page 459 "See where a check or property is used" on page 466 "Correcting problem areas" on page 466 Create or modify custom checks Although you can modify any unlocked predefined check, it's best to leave the predefined checks as they were configured. Instead, you can create a new check or base a check on an existing one. Note: Checks with locks are in locked profiles and cannot be edited until the profiles that use the check are all unlocked. Create a custom check for a profile 1 In the Profiles panel of the Preflight dialog box, click the Select Profiles button . 2 Select a profile and click the Edit button next to the profile name. 3 If necessary, choose Unlocked from the pop-up menu. 4 On the left side of the dialog box, under the profile, select Custom Checks. 5 In the Preflight Edit Profile dialog box, under Custom Checks In This Profile, do one of the following: • In the list of checks, click the New icon . • To base the new check on an existing one, select a check and click the Duplicate icon . 6 In the left side of the New/Duplicate Check dialog box, do any of the following, as needed: • Type the message you want to display when the check finds a mismatch (fires) and when it doesn't find a mismatch. For example, if you're defining a check against the use of spot colors, your message when no mismatch is found could be "Document has no spot colors." • Type an explanation for the check. Last updated 10/11/2011